When John Ary was born on 5 February 1822, in Greene, Ohio, United States, his father, William Ary, was 22 and his mother, Sally Bayliff, was 20. He married Evaline Devoe on 9 September 1841. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 22 May 1889, in Greene, Ohio, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States.